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Chapter Monitoring Fabric Performance 17 In this chapter •Advanced Performance Monitoring overview 383 •End-to-end performance monitoring 385 •Frame monitoring 389 •ISL performance monitoring 393 •Top Talker monitors 393 •Trunk monitoring 397 •Displaying end-to-end and ISL monitor counters 397 •Clearing end-to-end and ISL monitor counters 398 •Saving and restoring monitor configurations 399 •Performance data collection 399 Advanced Performance Monitoring overview Advanced Performance Monitoring is a licensed feature that provides a comprehensive tool for monitoring the performance of networked storage resources. Additional performance monitoring features, such as CRC error reports, are provided through Web Tools and DCFM. See the Web Tools Administrator's Guide and DCFM User's Manual for information about monitoring performance using a graphical interface. Advanced Performance Monitor commands are available only to users with the admin or switchAdmin roles. Use the perfhelp command to display a list of commands associated with Advanced Performance Monitoring. NOTE The command examples in this chapter use the slot/port syntax required by Brocade 48000, Brocade DCX, and DCX-4S platforms. For Brocade 300, 4100, 4900, 5000, 5100, 5300, 5410, 5424, 5450, 5480, 7500, 7500E, 7600, 7800, 8000, VA-40FC, and the Brocade Encryption Switch, use only the port number where needed in the commands. Types of monitors Advanced Performance Monitoring provides the following monitors: • End-to-End monitors measure the traffic between a host/target pair. • Frame monitors measure the traffic transmitted through a port with specific values in the first 64 bytes of the frame. Fabric OS Administrator's Guide 383 53-1001763-01